<p>Brain Machine Interfaces (BMI) strive to restore motor and sensory functions lost due to paralysis, amputation, and neurological diseases by interfacing brain circuitry to external actuators in form of a cursor on a ...

INTRODUCTION: Neurological and neurocognitive dysfunction occurs frequently in the large number of increasingly elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery every year. Perioperative cognitive deficits have been shown to ...

<p>Modern computing systems are increasingly integrating both Phase Change Memory (PCM) and Flash memory technologies into computer systems being developed today, yet the lifetime of these technologies is limited by the ...

<p>This dissertation examines how perceptions of beauty in Brazil reflect both the existing social inequalities and the struggles to produce a more egalitarian society. While hegemonic discourses about beauty in Brazil ...

<p>This study examines Irish modernist literature in order to complicate established critical modes which read modernist movements as reflective of distinctly vernacular or cosmopolitan aesthetic and political commitments. ...

We evaluated the intention, implementation, and impact of Costa Rica's program of payments for environmental services (PSA), which was established in the late 1990s. Payments are given to private landowners who own land ...

This project evaluates the costs and benefits of the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) forest certification for a large timber management organization (TIMO). FSC certification is a voluntary, market-based program that ...

The procurement of new landfill sites for in-plant waste disposal presents certain challenges to companies in the steel manufacturing industry. These include the increased costs of the acquisition of land space, as well ...

Rainwater harvesting has provided a water source for communities around the world dating back to circa 1500 B.C. This ancient technology continues to serve populations today, mainly in poor, rural or dry regions of the ...

<p>Many-core processors offer new levels of on-chip performance by capitalizing on the increasing rate of device integration. Harnessing the full performance potential of these processors requires that hardware designers ...

Across boreal and temperate biomes, the area of old forests is in global decline, with the consequent extinction of dependent species posing a major threat to biodiversity. As such, current sustainable forestry certification ...

<p>Climate change and reducing carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions is an immense challenge for this world. Lowering CO<sub>2</sub> emissions is essential to the goal of limiting the global average temperature increase ...

BACKGROUND: Diagnostic imaging represents the fastest growing segment of costs in the US health system. This study investigated the cost-effectiveness of alternative diagnostic approaches to meniscus tears of the knee, a ...

Widespread use of electronics in business and residential settings has created a
problem of electronic waste disposal, when the electronics are discarded at the end of
their useful life. Recognized as hazardous waste for ...